Ching Ming Festival is one of the 24 segments in Chinese calendar. It normally falls on the 4th or 5th of April because it’s depended on the Cold Food Day (105 days after previous year’s winter solstice). In the old days, Ching Ming was celebrated 3...

The director of the Policy Research Office, Lau Pun Lap, says the ageing of Macau’s population will exacerbate the imbalance of labour demand and supply. The Policy Research Office forecasts that the population will grow to 750,000 in 2025 from 640,700 now. Mr Lau...

The average occupancy rate of hotels and guesthouses in Macau was 73.9 percent last month, 10.6 percentage points less than a year earlier, the Statistics and Census Service says. The service’s data indicate that the average occupancy rate of three-star hotels was...

About 707,000 package tourists visited Macau last month, 17.5 per cent fewer than a year earlier, official data show. The Statistics and Census Service attributes the decrease in part to the outbreak of the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South...

Hong Kong tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung’s housing, hotel and shopping development on Coloane may be built next to the Light Rapid Transit elevated railway, a public works official has said. Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau planning chief Lao Iong told the...

The full bench of the Court of Second Instance has upheld the court’s rejection of an appeal by Hong Kong businessmen Joseph Lau Luen-heng and Steven Lo Kit-sing’s against their conviction for bribery and money laundering. This closes the last avenue of appeal for Lau...

The value of Macau’s merchandise exports rose to MOP923 million (roughly US$115 million) last month, 17.6 per cent more than a year earlier, official data indicate. Statistics and Census Service figures show the value of re-exports increased by 27.7 per cent to MOP790...

Macau Daily Times feed The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is setting up an exhibit dedicated to the FIFA corruption scandal. The permanent display entitled “The ‘Beautiful Game’ Turns Ugly” will open at the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement in downtown...

Macau Daily Times feed The four-day Guangdong and Macau Branded Products Fair was livened up by mass consumers not long after opening yesterday, as families strolled among the booths and sampled ethnic foods that represent the Cantonese culture. On the exhibition...

Macau Daily Times feed HONG KONG Passengers on a Cathay Pacific flight to Los Angeles have spoken of their terror as the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at a military airport in Alaska after smoke was detected on board, SCMP reported yesterday. Los...

Macau Daily Times feed 3 Jews are sitting in a DP [Displaced Persons] camp after the war. Says the first Jew, “I’m going to settle in England.” The second Jew states, “I’m going to Canada.” And the third Jew declares: “I’m going to Australia!” Asks the first Jew:...